Overalls



Dec. 20, 192 7.

l. L. EDWARDS OVERALLS Filed June 22, 1923 ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 20, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATE I ISAAC L. EDWARDS, ornunonn, ILLINOIS.

. OVEBALLS,

Application filed June 22, 1923. Serial No. 646,990.

The object of my invention is to provide a pair of overalls which in themost complete embodiment of my invention will have no buttons with alladvantages which absence of buttons aifords, which while easilypermitting of manipulations that, may be called for in putting them onand removing them or while being worn will be comfortable, sightly inappearance and comfortably sup ported upon the body'and be not costly tomanufacture. My invent on consists in whatever is described by or isincluded'within the terms or scope of the appended claim.

In the annexed drawings: Fig. 1 is a front view of a pair of overallsembodying my invention; 7

Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof. My overalls shown in the drawinghave the usual general trousers construction that is to say a waistportion, 10, and legs, 11, with the customary placket or.fiy 12, extending from the crotch to the top of the waist band at the front, therebeing on each leg at the front a pocket, 13, and at each side a slit,14, through which the hand may be thrust to enter the pocket of thetrousers over which the overalls are worn. At the waist band on theoutside are a number of cloth loops, 15, through which is threaded abelt or band, 16, the ends of the band being brought together at thefront and one end having a buckle, 17, with a button, 18, on its facewhile the other end has a buttonhole, 19, through which the button, 18,may be passed when turned to a position parallel with buttonhole, 19,the button and buttonhole when in fastened position being at rightangles.

Lying over the front of the overalls when in use and therefore coveringthe placket, 12, is an apron, 20, which in an upwardly widening formextends from the crotch and is attached to the garment bylines ofstitching, 21, that reach from the crotch upward a few inches to thepoint, 22, above which point such apron is free from the garment so thatit may be dropped completely away therefrom so as to hang downward ifdesired to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. At the pointwhere the apron alines with the waist band or belt, 16, it has twoholes, 23, each of a size and in a position to permit the passageoutward through it of one of the loops, 15, so that the belt or band,16, may overlie the apron in passing through such loop, and thus theapron without the use of any buttons is snugly held in closed positionby the belt or band, 16, which also serves to confine the garment aboutthe waist of the wearer and assist in supporting the same. The apron,20, is prolonged above the waistband to form a bib, 24, which extendsover the chest of the wearer and to the upper edge of such bib atopposite sides is attached a strap or band, 25, that is passed aroundthe back of the neck of the wearer and thereby the bib is supported inposition and through the bib and the apron support of the garment iscontributed to. The strap, 25, at each end has a buckle, 26, similar tothe buckle, 17 each of which cooperates with a button-hole, 27, in thebib and besides these two button holes there is a,button-hole, 28, atthe middle (these three buttonholes being all that the garment itselfcontains) for a watch chain of a watch that may be placed in the pocket,

buttons on the garment, there could be button-holes in the waist bandfor engagement with buttons on the suspenders similar to the buttons,17, and 26.

What I'claim is: i

A trousers form garment having a fly and an apron extending from thecrotch upward and adapted to cover the fly, and permanently attached atthe crotch, said apron extending above the waist tapering from the waistdownward and being loose from the trousers upward'from a point adjacentthe crotch, pockets on the front'of the trousers adjacent the waistportion thereof, said apron being-narrower than the distance between thepocket openings whereby they apron does not hinder access to thepockets, means detachably connecting the apron to the trousers at thewaist thereof whereby the apron constitutes a trousers support at thewaist, and detachable supporting means connected to the apron above thewaist whereby the trousers may be supported from the body of the wearer.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

